Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 13:53:41 03/13/01
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On March 13, 2001 at 14:04:01, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 13, 2001 at 11:29:53, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>Christophe, >> >>Much stronger? Now I will be lost by the 18th move instead of the 27th. > >The number of moves is unimportant. >You do not get better rating from winning faster. > >By this logic a program that wins a game by 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 with 3.Qh5 and 4.Qxf7# >may be considered as the strongest program for a beginner. > >Uri Hi Uri: I suspect that Tim was only joking. Anyway, I think the number of moves that are neccesary to beat a guy say something of his strenght and of course of the relative strenght of the program. My rule of thumbs of a player againts a powerful program is this: beginner: absolutely lost in less than 10 moves. Mate inminent or just done. 1500-1600 player: already lost around move 15. Devastating material loses or mate in the near horizon. 1800-2000 player: positionally lost and very probably a pawn behind around move 25. Doom unavoidable. 2000-2200 player: positionally lost around move 35. A pawn behind and/or a sad ending at sight. 2300-2400 player: tough fight, but in move 50 or so the program has the edge. 70% of chances for the program. 2500 or more: anything can happens. What do you think? Maybe this issue could be interesting to debate. Fernando
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